# CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC ARCHIVES @ THE SCIENCE MUSEUM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1138303
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 7, 2010
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1138303


## Contact

- **Address:** Archives & Corporate Records Unit, 455 Sherfield Building, Imperial College, London
- **Postcode:** SW7 2AZ
- **Phone:** 020 7594 8850
- **Email:** enquiries@centreforscientificarchives.co.uk
- **Website:** www.centreforscientificarchives.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, RESEARCHERS AND ACADEMICS IN THE SUBJECT OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE THROUGH THE PROPER CATALOGUING OF THE COLLECTIONS OF SCIENTISTS AND TO SECURE APPROPRIATE ACCOMMODATION FOR ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS.

**Activities:** The charity's main activity is to organise the proper cataloguing of the collections of scientists as they become available and appropriate funding is secured and to deposit the catalogued collections in suitable repositories to advance the education of the public, the scientific community, researchers and academics in the history of science.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 30, 2025 | £7500 | £7750 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2024 | £9500 | £7692 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2023 | £7500 | £12032 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | £9000 | £8896 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2021 | £10500 | £8964 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ANNE RAINFORD
- Dr Sian Lewin Prosser — appointed Dec. 6, 2017
- Emma Elizabeth Anthony — appointed Dec. 4, 2017
- Geoffrey Blissitt — appointed Dec. 2, 2021
- Sandra Jane Freshney — appointed Aug. 12, 2025